Reader Kenny Tan snapped a couple of photos of the car somewhere in KL – the silver example, wearing steel wheels, has black tape masking the badging as well as the headlamp and rear light clusters, but is otherwise unmarked.

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No indication as to when the car will make its market debut, but the fact that it’s already here means that it can’t be too long before the sedan is set loose. The car should wear the 112 PS and 139 Nm HR15DE 1.5 litre engine, but as to whether it will retain the venerable Sunny moniker Malaysians are very familiar with remains to be seen.

A tip of the hat to Kenny for the pix!

Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

not that good looking,,,anyways will priced same with vios right? this is an interesting year,,,many cars n models are making their way into this country giving us more variety,,,tired of seeing the same car on malaysia pot holes road,,,let’s spice up the car variety n hope they come in with robust rims n suspensions to withstand third world country quality pot holes road,,,hopes Nissan bother makes bring In More models tongive choices to Malaysians

It’s suppose to be the Latio replacement. As for looks, it has the typical Nissan family design, much like the way a Vios looks like the Altis looks like the Camry. If you squint, the Sunny could be mistaken for the Sylphy, or the Teana…

It has the ‘dugong’ look (big nose), but nonetheless its better looking than the other dugong.

Well, if TCM can price it right below the J-spec Vios, but with airbag + ABS, then I’m sure its going to be as legendary as the Sentra (despite this one is a B-segment). We still have some old running Sentra Taxis climbing up Genting daily.

i second that. it not a good looking car but if it is priced in vios category, it may appeal to the customer. currently vios is the cheapest non national sedan so if nissan sunny can beat vios price, it will be a very interesting competition.

What you won’t:
• Brakes feel slow to react and aren’t confidence-inspiring
• Noticeable road-noise once you get up to highway speeds
• Vague gearbox isn’t always keen to slot into gear
• No base (XE) variant offered on the diesel
• Rear head-room & under-thigh support are in short supply
• Nissan’s dealer network is still fairly limited, most cities have just one dealer.

tiadaid..
I also has the same impression..looks like extended size of Vios..
Anyway if TC offer this Sunny “Slighly” lower price than the Vios G + better accessories equip… Definitely will outsale Vios..

Means that there is an absorber in there. If you hit the car (at less than 10 km/h), the bumper will move inwards and then springs back. Both your car and the Sunny will feel the bounch from that impact. As for the sunny, no real damage (except for paintwork) will be visible.

I was in a Nissan Sunny when such an impact occured. The front bumper of a wira which hit the back of our sunny was badly damaged and had to be replaced. The Sunny – as good as new (save for the paintwork). I was slighly thrown (bumped) forward. Luckily I wore seatbelt at that time. So nothing serious happened. The stuffs we put on our seat get strewn all over the place. But that was about the only damage done.

i like the look. not too extreme + low profile principle + long boot.at least we have the meter panel right in front of the driver. just imagine this car with an 18inch / 17inch rims with low profile tires… a beautiful, macho sight.

This car is called the Almera in Singapore and is said to have interior ques of the Nissan Juke. This car will replace the current Nissan Sentra. It has taken a while for this Sentra replacement to come into market.

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